Workload Domain Add with Legacy Network Requirements - vmnic0 and vmnic2 instead of 0 and 1

[RealQuiet]

I need to bring up a Workload domain that is configured with two network cards. Each one has 2 ports. For redundancy purposes and for old legacy networking practices:

Card 1 port 1 -  vmnic0 attached to Switch A - vSAN, vMotion, ESXI, NSX-T

Card 1 port 2 - vmnic1 attached to Switch B - Workload vLANs

Card 2 port 1 -  vmnic2 attached to Switch A - vSAN, vMotion, ESXI, NSX-T

Card 2 port 2 - vmnic3 attached to Switch B - Workload vLANs

I am using the APIs to create a Workload domain and was wonder how I script it to use vmnic0 and vmnic2 instead of vmnic0 and vmnic1. Is it done under the hostNetworkSpec? If so, what value do I put in for moveToNvds? 

"hostSpecs": [
     {
     "id": "***host id***",
     "licenseKey":"LICENSE_KEY",
     "hostNetworkSpec": {
          "vmNics": [
          {
               "id": "vmnic0",
               "vdsName": "VDS01",
               "moveToNvds": true
               },
               {
               "id": "vmnic1",
               "vdsName": "VDS02"
               "moveToNvds": false
               },
               {
               "id": "vmnic2",
               "vdsName": "VDS01"
               "moveToNvds": true
               },
               {
               "id": "vmnic3",
               "vdsName": "VDS02"
               "moveToNvds": false
               }
          ]
     }
},

Any help would be appreciated. Hoping that I am not going to far down the wrong path to resolve the issue, so I am asking for directions 🙂

[CyberNils]

Check this blog post:

https://core.vmware.com/resource/multi-nic-multi-vds-vsphere-cluster-vcf-40

[RealQuiet]

Ok, if I am reading it correctly, then I would need something akin to this:

"vdsSpecs": [ {
     "isUsedByNsxt": true,
     "name": "VDS01",
     "portGroupSpecs": [ {
               "name": "VDS01-pg-mgmt",
               "transportType": "MANAGEMENT"
          },
          {
               "name": "VDS01-pg-vsan",
               "transportType": "VSAN"
          },
          {
               "name": "VDS01-pg-vmotion",
               "transportType": "VMOTION"
          } ]
     } ]

At which point the  ""isUsedByNsxt": true," flag would place the NSX-T configuration on this vDS as well. VDS01 would carry vMotion, vSAN, ESXI Management, and NSX-T. For the hostNetworkSpec, can it IGNORE vmnics or does each one have to be assigned a vDS and port group configuration? 

Configuration 1: vmnic1 and vmnic3 to carry VM Workloads

"vmNics": [
     {
          "id": "vmnic0",
          "vdsName": "VDS01",
          "moveToNvds": true
     },
     {
          "id": "vmnic1",
          "vdsName": "VDS02",
          "moveToNvds": false
     },
     {
          "id": "vmnic2",
          "vdsName": "VDS01",
          "moveToNvds": true
     },
     {
          "id": "vmnic3",
          "vdsName": "VDS02",
          "moveToNvds": false
     }
]

Configuration 2: Can we bypass configuring vmnic1 and vmnic3 and configure the vDS later?

"vmNics": [
     {
          "id": "vmnic0",
          "vdsName": "VDS01",
          "moveToNvds": true
     },
     {
          "id": "vmnic2",
          "vdsName": "VDS01",
          "moveToNvds": true
     }
]

[RealQuiet]

This turned out to be a valid way to create the workload domain using vmnic0 and 2 instead of 0 and 1:

"vmNics": [
     {
          "id": "vmnic0",
          "vdsName": "VDS01",
     },
     {
          "id": "vmnic2",
          "vdsName": "VDS01",
     }
]

I am not sure what the moveToNvds does and how it is used if I want to create the VM workload vDS during the bring up. I am assuming that the NSX-T configurations will automatically attach to VDS01 because it is declared with the "isUsedByNsxt". 

[shank89]

movetonvds is legacy and no longer required.  The IsUsedbyNSXT stipulates which VDS to use for NSX-T.

[RealQuiet]

I appreciate that information!

I left it out during the bring up, good to now it is not required for something this simple.